Alan Shearer And Ian Wright Make Their Premier League Predictions

Premier League football returns this weekend and Manchester City begin the defence of their title with a trip to the Emirates to face Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.

Pep Guardiola's side were imperious previous year as they became the first club to break the 100-point barrier.

"When you look at Manchester City, possibly Liverpool, I don't think they [United] have the quality of those two teams at the minute", Scholes said.

Although few can envision Jose Mourinho'sManchester United reaching the same heights as Alex Ferguson's did during that record-breaking season, the symmetry offers reason enough for a quiz; name the starting XI for United on that day. It is an address, he believes, that will reflect the scale of the journey his players have made, from last season's Championship relegation favourites to automatic promotion to the top flight.

"Equally, it appears to have removed the element of panic-buying, whereby a club may have a poor start to the season and think "we've got to go out and spend to safeguard our future in the Premier League".

Alisson, Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri all arrived before the end of July, with Jurgen Klopp eager to work with his full squad throughout pre-season. Had they not got to the final of the Champions League last season I actually think they could have finished second.

Chelsea now have a great unit and it is all up to Sarri now to lead them to a top-four finish.

Among the players the London club have signed are Issa Diop, Andriy Yarmolenko, Lucas Perez and Felipe Anderson.

Today there is a flurry of games to come your way, starting with the early kick off (11:30 GMT) between Newcastle v Tottenham which promises to be explosive.

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